[video]

[suoxi]

[ the feed cuts on and Inara is positioned behind the console, smiling lightly with crimson lips pulled upwards as she regarded the camer thoughtfully. She is cleaned up and prepped for a public chat, hair dried and styled as well as she was able. ]

Good evening, everyone. My name is Inara Serra, and I have recently found myself a bit out of sorts with my arrival in this strange place. I would cry kidnapping, but I hardly think that is the case.

I was wondering - and hoping - that there might just be someone I know here. Please, if you recognize me, I would greatly appreciate if it you could respond.

Also, if anyone could perhaps explain a bit more about what this place is and how I might have come to be here - and why - I would also be greatly indebted to you.

Thank you.

[ she smiles once more as she waits for responses, should they come. ]

Comments

[[video]]

[tearsinnajar]

[She doesn't really have either of the things the other woman is asking for right now—useful information or recognition, but having someone to talk to at all might make her feel better in a strange place.]

I'm sorry, I don't really know much more than what we were told on arrival.

video

[suoxi]

[ It does make her feel a little better, in all honesty. A kind face in a very odd situation is certainly welcome and Inara is not about to pass that up. Besides, networking is her gig. ]

It’s all right. I suppose this was just a desperate plea for a familiar face. [ She smiles, here – okay, so maybe not desperate, but she wouldn’t have been opposed to the idea – so long as it wasn’t Mal. ]

There doesn’t happen to be an easy way home about…?

[ probably not or these people wouldn’t be responding to her like this. ]

video

[shootingshields]

This place - Tu Vishan - is indeed quite literally on the back of a giant turtle, if that came up for you at all so far.

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[suoxi]

[ congratulations you got Inara to falter and stare a little, dark eyes a bit wider than they were previously. ]

I’m sorry, I’m not sure if I heard that correctly. A giant turtle?

[video]

[assworthsaving]

[It's a friendly smile that greets her, though there's a touch of concern in his voice.]

Well. Now I'm curious as to what your definition of 'kidnapping' is.

[video]

[suoxi]

[ she makes a quiet noise of dark amusement. ]

I should have been more clear; this does seem to be legitimate kidnapping, though I’m less inclined to believe it was purposefully malevolent. I couldn’t ask for a nicer cell, after all.

[notdreaming]

It's a turtle. Do they have turtles, where you're from? [ They don't on Krypton. ]

[suoxi]

[ still trying to comprehend the turtle. it's not that Inara doesn't comprehend what's being said -- she just doesn't understand it. ]

Yes. They do. [ she smiles. ]

Though to my knowledge, there aren't cities built on them.

[wholenewstory]

The Emperor - brought us here. Said we - have a purpose.

Sometimes we, um, disappear. Not sure why, or how. Could be...going back.

[suoxi]

[ her lips press together in a line. ]

A purpose? And nothing indicates what that purpose might be? [ because she'd like to know. ]

[ ...though the disappearing comment makes her pause and frown a little. ]

Disappear? Does anyone come back?

[video]

[hackingyoursensors]

Nice to meet you, Ms. Serra. I'm Dick Grayson. I can't answer all of your questions, but I can say that I heard the Emperor was gathering protectors. Not sure why, though. Nobody is.

[video]

[suoxi]

So that's what the purpose might be, then. [ ...sort of. ] Or at least, part of it, anyway. Is this Emperor always so ambiguous?

[crossestheline]

In a nutshell; you're stuck on a giant assed turtle because some Emperor is feeling shady.

[suoxi]

[ dry smile. ]

Eloquently put. I have to ask if you mean anything specific by 'shady', though.

[video]

[tendnottoweep]

I don't know, I think I'd call it kidnapping. Abduction, at least. It's not as if we just stumbled our way here.

[video]

[suoxi]

[ wrrryyy smile. ]

Abduction, yes. I like to think if I stumbled here on purpose, I'd at least have brought a change of clothing.

video;

[grimreaping]

I should hope that if anyone you knew recognized you, miss, they'd respond without the need for prompting.

[ What kind of people do you hang around with Inara, jeez. ]

video;

[suoxi]

You would be surprised at what you miss that happens to be directly in front of you.

[ listen to yourself inara really. ]

audio;

[emasculates]

[Hm. As much as abrasiveness is as much her coin as violence, but the woman's refinement and poise blunts the edge of it somewhat. She's always been more at ease in the company of women.]

The common theory is that the Emperor required 'heroes' for some ultimate purpose. Those that arrive here are not always so.

[k a n y e s h r u g.]

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[suoxi]

[ ...heroes. That is not something she would really consider herself. ]

Heroes. That's the first I've heard of that. [ 'purpose', 'because the emporer is shady', 'gathering protectors' -- that one was the most accurate.

Still. Not precisely a hero. ]

Is this your theory as well, if I may ask?

[the_other_eight]

I'd consider it more of an abduction, seeing as they aren't asking for a ransom so far as we know.

[suoxi]

I think abduction seems like the best term in this circumstance though that hardly makes it alright.

[bothbarrels]

There are those of us who believe we may have been brought here for a reason. To learn and apply a lesson before returning.

[suoxi]

Is this something you believe?

video; late.

[trainwrecked]

So, do you have questions left... by now? I mean, I don't guarantee I'll have the answers, but I can give it a shot.

video; never too late <3

[suoxi]

Well, I think I got a lot of answers that...on't entirely make a lot of sense.

[ seriously ]

Can...you think of anything that might have been missed? I have terrorists, turtles, dreams, life, death, and a mixture of everything in between.